100 ways to Give

As I reflect on the last year I think of all that we had experienced as a family. We experienced a good mix of heartache and blessings throughout the year. But through the heartache came many blessings and I am so grateful for everything God taught us in 2013. This was the first whole year that we spent in our home. We feel beyond blessed by God for giving us this cozy, warm, loving, full laughter and little feet running through the hallways of this house. We welcomed a wonderful brother-in-law, Chad, into our family. They had a beautifully wet wedding in Nashville, TN that was perfect in everyway! We spent a lot of time with family and went on vacations together. We got pregnant with our 7th child, and lost her way to soon. We were thankful she had a wonderfully big family waiting for her in Heaven. We had an amazing family vacation where we loved on each other, embraced each other, got to know each other more and enjoyed life together as we grieved our loss. We spent the next few months feeling the love and support from friends and family as we tried to get over our hurt. We embraced what God had to teach us and in turn were lead to start the adoption process. We had a very successful fundraiser to raise support to get started with the adoption company, Christian Adoption Consultants, and we became pregnant, on paper, with our 8th child! We were blessed with seeing first hand how our family & community support us and are behind us in this process. We feel so loved! So many things to me thankful for in 2013!


As I look ahead to 2014 all I can think about is the hope we have of bringing our child home. We have a long way yet that will include many bumps & turns. We recently just had one of those small bumps. We thought we were going to be able to use our home study and get the process started with CAC but recently found out we have to do a completely new home study & possible adoption classes. The fees for this can be anywhere from $3000-4000. I was bummed to say the least, that is $4000 more we will need to raise just to get to the next step. God knew I needed a little reminder that He will provide the funds, even when we think we have exhausted all of our options, and He alone will get the glory.


I had an idea(actually God showed me this idea) for a way to helps us raise the money for the home study. Here is how it works:

1. Choose a number! (choose as many as you like)

2. Message me, text me, call me, comment below or email me the number(s) that you pick

3. You donate that amount. There are numbers 1-100, if you chose the #37 you would donate $37. If you chose the number #5 and #10 you would donate $15 total. Get it? :)

4. Once all the numbers are gone (hopefully :) Your name will be put into a drawing for the chance to WIN……….a $50 gift card to TARGET!!!!!! (if you don't have a target by you and you win..we will work something out:)

5. You get 1 entry for every number you pick 1-50 and 2 entries for numbers 51-100! So the higher you pick the double the entries! And the more numbers you pick…the more chances you have at WINNING!!!

6. (get an extra entry) Share this blog entry with friends on Facebook! ****Must tag me so that I can see you shared it!****

7. I will take down the numbers as they are claimed and post updated pictures!

Thank you all so much!! Have a Happy New Year!!

**To Donate please go to www.youcaring.com/welcomeohm or you can mail a check!
**To Read about our story you can click HERE